Opinion (Rogério COPETO / Official GNR): "GNR, A 'MOTHER' OF ALL SECURITY ".
The text of the title of this week was "stolen" article "Neither the Maritime Police is outside the security operation in Fatima", published in the day 5 May, the Public, because it reveals the important role of GNR, in the operation of the huge security operation, involving the visit of His Holiness Pope Francis to the Fatima Shrine in days 12 and 13 May.
Rogério COPETO
Lieutenant Colonel of the GNR
Master in Law and Security and Homeland Security Auditor
Head of the Education Division / Command Doctrine and Training
In that article states that "... it has assembled one of the largest ever carried out operations in Portugal", corroborating already been mentioned in article 26 April with the title "Safety and free movement", where we stated that the security operation planned by reason of the visit of His Holiness Pope Francis to the Shrine of Fatima, is, most likely, the largest commitment of military GNR since its inception in 1911.
The large size of this operation has been carried out inside the meantime GNR, whose spokesman in remarks transcribed by the Observer in the article "GNR says Pope's visit requires 'large-scale operation', but numbers are subject", relates "the Pope's pilgrimage to Fatima, on days 12 and 13 May, requires 'a large-scale operation', but the information on the device 'walk is reserved'", having CMTV added that "GNR prepares mega-operation in Fatima".
This "mega-operation" security forces not only to a GNR military commitment to the Shrine of Fatima and its surroundings, including all access, as part of "Operation Centenary", which began on 5 and that day will not end 14 May, but also a commitment to "Safe Operation Pilgrimage", the GNR held every year between days 1 and 12 May, in support of thousands of pilgrims, every year moving direction to Fatima and this year there is a significant increase in the number of pilgrim, for obvious reasons, and also a commitment to the surveillance of land border, whose operation begins today and will end on 14 May, with the mission to control the entry of people, in nine locations, however already defined as only possible to enter the country, between days 10 and 14 May, by reason of the Portuguese government's decision to restore the control of persons at the land border, particularly in Valencia, Green Ray Village, Quintanilha, Vilar Formoso, Termas de Monfortinho, Marvão, fall, Vila Verde Ficalho and Vila Real de Santo António, beyond the necessary commitment to ensure that no one goes through in any of the other secondary accesses linking Portugal to Spain, between Caminha and Vila Real de Santo António, an extension of 1.200 km, 24 hours per day, during 5 days.
So are three major operations whose responsibility for its implementation lies with the GNR, requiring a high commitment of all its valences, and link up with the remaining forces and security services, and the three branches of the armed forces, having the Secretary General of the Internal Security System, Deputy Attorney General Dr. Helena Finance revealed in the RTP program, "Pros and cons", Last Monday 2nd, "that GNR is the competent regional security force 'unifying' from everything else which implies the action".
It is true that the GNR takes responsibility to operationalize this huge security operation, by reason of their territorial jurisdiction, either at the Shrine of Fatima, either on the roads, either on land border, but will the high knowledge in performing this type of missions, that will facilitate the accomplishment of the task of ensuring security to all people and goods, who are in this great theater, where security to the Fatima Shrine is the most sensitive area, so it is important to remember all the work that the GNR has developed in Fatima and we covered in our article 13 May 2016, with the title "A GNR e Fatima".
Are so 10 years of teaching and lessons learned since the GNR took over the responsibility of policing the city of Fatima, in 16 April 2007, substituting these functions PSP, whose transition took place smoothly, but with the necessary speed, by reason of the first great litmus test, that effective Territorial Office of Fatima had to face, in 12 and 13 May 2007, as part of celebrations of the 90th anniversary of the Marian apparitions, Having been reinforced with the effective human and material resources are deemed necessary and sufficient, ensuring the safety of about half a million pilgrims visited the shrine of Fatima in this event.
As it is known, three years later, It held the last major security operation at the Shrine of Fatima, by reason of the visit of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, in 12, 13 and 14 May 2010, entitled "operation Fénix 2010", which led to the commitment of 850 GNR military of all its valences, from traffic, through the Protection of Nature and the Environment, and Criminal Investigation, without forgetting the cinotécnicos binomials and apeadas patrols, motorcycles, riding and bike, that placed in strategic locations, They ensured the safety of hundreds of thousands of people, in the immediate vicinity and inside the Shrine of Fatima, operation resulting in a huge success and earned by the highest authorities of the Shrine of Fatima the highest praise directed at GNR, the manner in which the visit of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI.
during estes 10 year old, since the GNR assumed policing responsibility of Fatima City, several were the projects that were created in the aspect of physical safety of pilgrims visiting the shrine every year, being the "Sanctuary of Fatima Insurance Project", launched in 2007 in partnership with the Sanctuary of Fatima, one that has shown results, registering since then a substantial reduction in criminal activities, especially in crimes against property.
In addition to the creation of "Sanctuary of Fatima Insurance Project"Also the new"Fatima Mobility System", opened last year, It has allowed a correct management of the flow of people and vehicles, which system is supported by panels of dynamic information, which is transmitted information in real time, on the ability of the various car parks, thus directing the flow of traffic, to the parks still parking availability, and the entire system monitored by the military GNR in Command Post, created in 2007 and located on the premises of the Territorial Office of Fatima, now underwent a renovation, which Opening It occurred on 26 April, to adapt to current operational needs.
This new command post allows the control of all the valences of GNR, georeferencing through patrols, controlling the CCTV system, which monitors the current 21 video surveillance cameras installed in the Sanctuary, and that have been implemented in 2008, constituting at the time as the first video surveillance system installed in a public space, in Portugal, access to all information management systems GNR, the registration of all events in real time, the management of radio networks,noticiais conveyed by the media, e é guarnecido por militares when GNR 24 hours per day.
The Command Post also has a room that is as a desktop, where the operation will be accompanied, not only by the command of the operation of the GNR, as well as prosecutors, the National Authority for Civil Protection, BREEZE, do INEM, Air Force, the Army, Navy, Security Coordination Office, to SEF, do SIS, da PSP e da PJ, just to name some of these institutions, that under the command of the GNR will ensure the resolution of all problems, is on safety, is the distress.
On the above it seems that the National Guard is prepared to receive the visit of His Holiness Pope Francisco in days 12 and 13 May, and we are convinced that the task assigned to the "mother of all security"Will be performed in accordance with the levels of excellence that GNR is used in.
